Theos-Talk Archives (December 2006 Message tt00351)

I quote three extracts from Dr. Joscelyn Godwin's "Foreword" to "The 
Masters Revealed" by K. Paul Johnson. 

These extracts outline succinctly Johnson's argument about the 
Masters Koot Hoomi and Morya:

"The principal Masters in question were Koot Hoomi and Morya, 
supposedly residents of Shigatse in Tibet...." (p. xv) 

"The theme of this book is that HPB's Masters were not the Himalayan 
sages whom she invented to distract her co-workers...." (p. xviii) 

"Mr. Johnson's suggestion---and he makes it clear that it is no more 
than that---is that the Mahatmas Morya and Koot Hoomi are fictitious 
Tibetan personae that conceal well-documented historical figures: 
Ranbir Singh and Thakar Singh." (p. xviii) 

Johnson in his own Introduction to "The Masters Revealed" summarizes 
his argument as follows:

"Thakar Singh Sandhanwalia, founding president of the Amritsar Singh 
Sabha, corresponds in intriguing ways to clues about Koot Hoomi's 
identity in the writings of Olcott and HPB.... 

"Maharaja Ranbir Singh of Kashmir has many correspondences to Morya 
as described by HPB.... 

"Although much of HPB's portrayal of Morya and Koot Hoomi was 
designed to mislead in order to protect their privacy, enough 
accurate information was included to make a persuasive case for their 
identities as these historical figures...." (pp. 5-6.)